A Quote by Joseph Hall

The idle man is the devil's cushion.

Joseph Hall

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Cushion Devil Idle Man

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Joseph Hall
English - Priest
July 1, 1574 - September 8, 1656

The idle man is the Devil's cushion, on which he taketh his free ease: who, as he is uncapable of any good, so he is fitly disposed for all evil motions.

Joseph Hall

Never let the brain idle. ‘An idle mind is the devil’s workshop.’ And the devil’s name is Alzheimer’s.

George Carlin

although it has been said that idle hands are the devil's workshop, when it comes to teenagers, both idle and active hands are the devil's workshop.

Amy Sedaris

An idle man's brain is the devil's workshop.

John Bunyan

I have ideas every day, and if I'm not carrying a pad of paper, I'm typing it into the notes thing on my iPhone, and it's just ridiculous - idle hands are the devil's plaything, and I can't be the devil's plaything. I got to be the devil; I got to be the guy making it all happen.

Corey Taylor

Indolence is the devil's cushion.

Samuel Johnson

From its very inaction, idleness ultimately becomes the most active cause of evil; as a palsy is more to be dreaded than a fever. The Turks have a proverb which says that the devil tempts all other men, but that idle men tempt the devil.

Charles Caleb Colton

Bedevil the devil and devil be dammed. I fear no devil and bow to no man. - Adam Black

Karen Marie Moning

The idle brain is the devil's playground.

Eric Lange

Idle hands are the devil's playthings.

Benjamin Franklin

Idle time is the devil's play.

Mark Dayton

The devil finds work for idle hands.

Henry David Thoreau

I am an idle devil. But at least I work at it.

Helen Cresswell

Rather do what is nothing to the purpose than be idle; that the devil may find thee doing. The bird that sits is easily shot, when fliers scape the fowler. Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all the virtues, and the self-made sepulchre of a living man.